Well, heart rate got to be part of the problem day before yesterday. Tuesday night we went to a West Seattle Chamber of Commerce party. Since I am a past president of the organization it seemed like the right thing to do. My cardiologist, however, said it wasn’t very bright. Apparently he was right. That night I had terrible sweats and Wednesday morning woke up with a heart rate of 140 which accelerated to as much as 191 during the day, and my blood pressure was erratic, but mostly low; like 80 over 53. This had happened once before a couple of months ago and without going into a lot of detail everything went back to normal after getting rehydrated with saline and magnesium. So, we tried that approach again yesterday with just saline and I really think it did help some, although I blacked out when I got up from the chair in the treatment center. That prompted a quick trip to my cardiologist. By the time I got to his office I wasn’t feeling light headed any more. I have had echo tests and stress tests and my heart is in pretty good shape so the doctor wasn’t too worried. He felt that I might have picked up something at the party, like a low-grade viral infection and he agreed that I still showed signs of dehydration. So, he sent me home, I drank a quart of broth ( I do love broth) and so far today both blood pressure and heart rate are in the normal ranges. So, I will continue the monitoring and the prolific hydration and we’ll see, but it looks like the worst has passed. We’ll keep you posted.
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